Building structure



Nov. 12, 1935. F. M. VENZIE 2,020,815

BUILDING STRUCTURE Original Filed July 50, 1930 INVENTOR.

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BY M W ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 12, 1935 UNITED STATES BUILDING STRUCTURE 7 Frederick M. Venzie, Philadelphia,

by mesne assignments,

Pa., assignor, to Veco Corporation, a

corporation of Pennsylvania Original 471,718. 1931, Serial No. 529,914

Claims.

, This application is a division of my pending application Serial No. 471,718, Filed July 30, 1930:

This invention, stated in its broadest terms, relates to a building structure and has more 5 especial relation to a novel form of ceiling construction embodying both so-called boards and so-called plaster blocks.

It is one object of the resent invention to provide an arrangement of parts whereby the services of but one workman or mechanic is required to suspend the ceiling members whether of socalled plaster boards or so-called plaster blocks, operating upon a scaffold erected beneath channel irons forming. part of the building structure.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an arrangement and combination of parts whereby either plaster boards or plaster blocks may be removably suspended from plasterers channels instead of suspending the same from floor members or the floor itself, as is not commonly practiced.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an arrangement and combination of parts whereby the suspended plaster boards or plaster blocks may be readily removed at desired intervals for replacement purposes, as for example where it is required for the inspecting or laying of pipes, electric wires and the like between the floor of a building and the tops of the plasterers channels.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a novel form of clip for ready attachment to a light beam section for retaining a plasterers channel.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a novel form of clip for ready attachment to a plasterers channel for supporting plaster boards in detachable engagement with respect to the plasterers channel.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a novel form of clip for coupling together adjacent plaster boards as suspended from a plasterers channel.

Other and further objects of the present inplaster vention reside in the provision of general details of construction and in the arrangement, combination, and connection of parts for attaining the results sought by the foregoing objects.

The invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, and in which;

application July 30, 1930, Serial Divided and this application April 14,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary View, partly in elevation and. partly in section, illustrating plaster boards in suspended position from plasterers channels;

Fig. 2 is a view in horizontal section taken 5 upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view in vertical cross-section taken upon the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of one of the clips shown in the foregoing figures for suspend- 10 ing plasterers channels from light beam sections;

Fig. 5 is a similar view of a clip for suspending plaster boards from a plasterers channel; and

Fig. 6 is a similar view of a clip for coupling 1 together adjacent plaster boards as suspended from plasterers channels.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawing forms thereof which are at present preferred by me, 80 since the same have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

As at present practiced in the trade, it is customary to suspend plaster boards and plaster blocks direct from What are technically known as floor members going to make up the building structure. By this method of suspension of plaster boards and plaster blocks the same are positioned prior to the laying of the floor upon the floor members, which is a very expensive procedure. For example, it frequently happens that after the plaster boards or plaster blocks are positioned with respect to said floor members it becomes necessary to take up and relay at least part of the floor in order to gain access to thespace between the floor and the plaster boards or plaster blocks for certain purposes, as, for example, the laying of pipes or the stringing of electrical wires, and this requires the services of at least two mechanics or workmen and also the provision of a temporary scaffold, which cannot be used for any other plasterers purpose.

According to the present invention I propose the adoption of the method of suspending fire proofing plaster boards or plaster blocks not directly from the floor members but from plasterers channels, which in turn may be supported by the floor members or by the fioor itself.

Referring now to. the drawing in detail, the reference numeral I0 designates a floor which may be concrete or other suitable material and is shown as being supported upon conventional technically known floor members H. According to the present invention I propose erecting a ceiling of either plaster boards or plaster blocks, below such floor, but instead of supporting said plaster boards or plaster blocks from the con- 7} ventional floor members I I, as is commonly prac ticed, I propose suspending my plaster boards or plaster blocks from plasterers channels in a manner to presently appear. 1 At any desired height below the floor l, I may therefore arrange plasterers channels l2. These plasterers channels (2 are supported from the lower portions of the floor members II by meansof clips best-seen in Fig. 4. Each of these clips comprises a substantially U-shaped member of heavy wire bent to provide a pair of parallel, vertically extend ed arms l3 connected at their lower portions by a loop l4. The upper ends of the arms I3 are each bent horizontally to form upper loops l5 and lower fingers I6. These fingers I6 are sufficiently long to permit the free ends thereof to be bent over the lower flanges of the floor members I l. The upper loops l5 and lower fingers l6 provide a clamping portion which may be forced over the lower flange of the floor memso that when the clip is plate 23 having bers II, as clearlyshown in Fig. l. The loops l5 and fingers I6, being of wire, can be readily forced over the flange of a floor member to firmly secure a clip to place without the employment of other fastening mediums. These clips are attached upon opposite sides of a floor member H, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, so that a plasterers channel l2 may be inserted between the arms l3 of the clips so as to be supported upon the loops Hi of the clips. Inthe connection it will be understood that the plasterers channels l2 are arranged at right angles with respect to the floor members i l. nel I2 I support the plasterboards l1 and for this purpose I employ the novel form of clip best seen in Fig. 5. Each clip comprises a one piece metal construction, preferably stamped, and consists of a generally inverted U-shaped member the vertical arms l8 of which are connected at means of a cross bar l5! placed over a plasterers channel l2, as clearly shown'in Fig. 3, the cross bar [9 rests upon the topof the plasterers channel. The lower ends of the arms [8 are bent outwardly at right angles to the arms 18 to provide fingers 2D, and the lower portions of said arms l8 are also bent outwardly in parallelism with the fingers 20 to provide a pair of lower fingers 2! which are, however, extended in a their 'upper portions by direction opposite to the fingers 20. Arranged at right angles with respect to the arms 18 of the clipare upper fingers 22. The fingers 22 andZl engage one end of a plaster board I'I, said plaster board also resting upon a finger 2|. Another plaster board I! rests upon the fingers 2| and beneath the finger 22. This arrangement of parts is best seen in Fig. 2. With the plaster board I! thus arranged, adjacent plaster boards may be coupled together by means of a clip, best seen inFig G Each clip comprises a one piece metal structure having a vertically disposed bent outwardly therefrom a pair of fingers 24 extended at right angles with respect to the plate 23. The plate 23 also has bent out therefrom in the same plane with the fingers .24 other ringers 25 which are substan From the plasterers chantially U-shaped considered in plan. The fingers 24 and 25 engage the adjacent edges of the plaster boards IT, as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. The purpose of the last described clips is that of preventing sagging of adjacent plaster boards.

A description will now be given of the manner of a single workman erecting plaster boards I! in accordance with the invention. The single workman upon a scaffold arranged beneath the floor members ll takes the clips shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing and causes the parts l5 and [6 thereof to engage over the flanges of the respective floor members H and then passes through the said clips the plasterers channels l2. He

thereafter suspends from the plasterers channels the clips shown in Fig. 5, and then causes the ends of the plaster boards II to engage with the various described fingers of the clip shown in Fig. 5. At the same time the clips shown in Fig. 6 are applied with respect to the plaster boards IT. This positioning of the plaster boards may be readily accomplished in a few moments time and it is to be noted that should it be desired for any reason to disconnect a plaster board description to indicatethe scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a metal clip for attachment over a horizontally arranged plasterers channel for ceiling support comprising a device stamped from a single blank consisting of the outline of an inverted U, the vertical arms of which are arranged in parallelism in a single plane and are connected at their tops by a horizontal cross-bar arranged in the same plane with said vertical arms for seating upon a plasterers channel, the lower endsof said arms being extended horizontally in a second bar in the same plane therewith to provide a rest for the side edges of ceiling plaster-boards, said second bar being provided with oppositely disposed spaced pairs of horizontal lower fingers and upper longitudinally disposed spaced pairs of fingers for ceiling board accommodation, said second bar in addition being provided with single fingers arranged in a different plane from the lowermost of said spaced pairs of fingers.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a metal clip for attachment over a, horizontally arranged plasterers channel for ceiling support comprising a device stamped from a single blank consisting of the outline of an inverted U, the vertical'arms of which are arranged in parallelism 'in a single plane and are connected at their tops posed spaced pairs of horizontal lower'fingers and upper longitudinally disposed spaced pairs of fingers for ceiling board accommodation, said second bar in addition being provided with single fingers arranged in a different plane from the r each of said flanges and facing in opposite directions in planes at right angles to the plane of said body, and a single finger also extending from each of said flanges and lying in parallel planes at right angles to the plane of said body.

4. A clip for building construction comprising a U-shaped body, flanges adjacent the open end of said body lying in the same plane therewith, and pairs of fingers extending from each of said flanges, each pair facing in opposite directions in planes at right angles to the plane of said body.

5. A clip for building construction comprising a U-shaped body, flanges adjacent the open end of said body lying in the same plane therewith,

and fingers extending from each of said flanges 0 in opposite directions and in planes at right angles to the plane of said flanges.

FREDERICK M. VENZIE. 

